two weeks down
second week of work at my new job went by pretty quickly. i learned lots of useful shit this week, which was a nice change from last week’s reading of policy manuals and stuff. looks like my schedule, after my initial orientation period of 4 weeks, will be thurs-monday 1800-0200 and if we move to 10 hour shifts, i’ll get an extra day off somewhere in there and my hours will be 1800-0400. good thing i’m a night owl, haha.
one week down
i finished my first week at the new job. the first two days were spent in orientation, making me wish my brain would just get it over with and melt. the rest of the week included reading SOP manuals, equipment manuals, tailing two people and that kind of stuff. thursday and friday, i got to actually do some stuff, which was a nice change. i’ve got 3 more weeks left on my orientation and then i should be able to take my real shift, which will be 1800-0200. right on.
car stuff
$40.00 in fuel
first day of work
it was mostly uneventful. i spent the majority of my day in an HR training room with 30 other people. i was the sole new hire for the gaming commission. everyone else was being hired for housekeeping, security or food/beverage stuff. i learned a bit about the pueblo and got a tour of the hotel and casino, including the “super-suite” which is 1500sq ft and ~$2000 a night.
there are some really neat design elements that were utilized in the construction of the building– my favorite of which is a giant series of windows that frames the sandia mountains like a huge pictureframe. before the hotel was constructed, you could walk in the front door and see straight out the back. the view from Bien Shur (fine dining restaurant on the top floor) is amazing. on one side of the building, there’s a great view of albuquerque and the rio grande and on the other, a view of the peak.
the “super suite” has a bunch of huge LCD televisions. 2 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. the “main” bedroom has a picturesque view of the mountains and a 47″ LCD TV. the living room has a nice surround sound system and a 60″ LCD TV and a full bar with granite countertops. the other bedroom has a 47″ LCD mounted in the footboard of the bed, which is on a motor so it can be raised/lowered into the footboard or rotated to face the nice leather sofa and chairs. the main bathroom has granite countertops, a 20″ LCD mounted on the wall in a special enclosure and a steam room. the bathroom itself is the size of a normal bedroom.
tomorrow, i get to spend 4 more hours with HR and then i get to retreat to the actual surveillance office. yay.
goodbye, frog
a guy named marc bought frog today. his friend has a camry like it and it needs some love, so he’s going to pull as much from the car as he can and then recycle the rest. so, frog’s going to help someone get their car back on the road. i’m glad to know that.
goodbye, old friend.
car maintenance diary
today i went to firestone and got new tires installed on the new car. firestone firehawk indy 500′s. the car handles and drives much, much better.
cost: 443.81
SOCIAL MEDIA EXPLOOOOSION
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